Gas-range.



H. J. HOOVER.

GAS RANGE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 23, 1916-- 1 ,.252,.5." 75i' o Paten ted Jan. 8, 1918.

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UNITED @TATES T @FFKQE.

HARRY J. HOOVER, 0F NORWOOD, OHIO.

GAS-RANGE.

Application filed May 23, 1918.

To all whom it'mag concern:

Your petitioner. HARRY J. HOOVER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Norwood. in the county of Ham: ilton and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Ranges, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to gas ranges and has as its particular object the providing of a gas range a part of which is an incinerator for burning garbage.

There has been developed in the art of gas ranges a type of range which is definite and standard, and in which there is a table portion having o en burners therein, one for each supporting grate or opening in the table portion. and in which at one side of the table portion there are located the ovens and broilers. The problem of the dis-- position of garba 'e in residences. and more particularly in housekeeping apartments, is always a serious one, as an incinerator as constructed in the past cannot find a place in a small kitchen, and must be located elsewhere.

In the type of range above described. modern construction provides either beneath the table top of the stove or beneath the oven and broiler portions a considerable space, the stove being supported on legs of considerable height, at these points. To set an incinerator beneath this type of stove, requires a number of special features of construction, and it is the object of my invention to provide such an incinerator, thereby utilizing the hitherto unused space beneath the gas range for incineration of garbage, whereby the same flue in the kitchen walls may be used. and whereby the space used by the range and given over to the cooking and heating operations is used for the incineration of garbage. thus concentrating the operations employing fuel. at one point, economizing in time as well as space, and rendering the cost of installation of the incinerator practically nil. w

It can be seen that the ordinary type of incinerator would in no Way conform to the structure of a stove, nor could its structure be so confined in space to fit beneath it, without destroying its efficiency, The fine from the incinerator must be so arranged that it Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 8, 1918.

Serial No. 99,311.

can pass behind the stove, and moreover, if one of the usual types of incinerator were to be placed beneath a stove, its top portion would become so heated as to ruin the stove.

It is thus the object of my invention to provide a range in the under portion of which is set an incinerator, said incinerator supporting the stove and conforming to the structure of the stove so as to be sightly for home installation.

These objects I accomplish by that certain construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more specifically pointed out and claimed.

In the drawing.

Figure l is a front elevation of the device.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof with the incinerator broken away so as to show in central vertical section.

Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the device.

' The stove has a table top or burner box 1, an elevated oven 2 and beneath the oven a broiler oven 3. These ovens are rectangular in shape. and at the rear of them is a flue pipe 4, which pipe is suitably led into a fine 5 to the chimney opening in the kitchen wall. The stove is supported beneath the oven portion thereof by legs 7, and the stove takes up a rectangular space in the kitchen.

It can be seen that there is space beneath the table top for a fairly large incinerator, and beneath the broiler oven for a small one. In this instance I prefer to build in my incinerator beneath the table top and to support the stove upon the top of the incinerator.

The incinerator has a front wall 8, side walls 9 and a rear wall 10. It is of the same length as the ovens so that at the rear of the stove the rear wall of the incinerator is suhstantially on a line with the rear wall of the oven and broil r oven. and so that the front wall of the incinerator is flush with the front wall of said parts. The incinerator is rectangular in shape so that it conforms to the design of the ovens and to the rectangular shape of the stove as a whole, with the side wall thereof lying flush with the end of the stove.

At the front of the incinerator is the receiving door 11 for inserting the garbage, which rests on the grate 12 within the incinerator body, and the incinerator is of the height to support the table top or burner box without any intervening legs or the like.

"Within the incinerator is placed a lining of fire brick 13 which, it should be particularly noted, incloses the top of the incinerator thereby preventing the top plate 14: of said incinerator from becoming so hot that it would ruin the stove. At the rear of the incinerator is placed the flue pipe 15 i which has flue openings in it at 16 and 17 above and below the grate bars, which support the garbage. I believe that a rear flue incinerator without this feature which would be constricted to the size and shape now indicated would be inefiicient and impractical.

This fine is led to the chimney opening or closely adjacent thereto without entering the stove oven flues. Thus the objectionable odors from the incinerator cannot get back into the stove in case of a back draft.

The incinerator can be made of exactly the same size as the oven members, but this is not necessary as the front and rear walls and the height of the incinerator are the only members that need to be correctly positioned with regard to the stove; also, of course, the rear flue must be entirely behind the stove.

It can be seen that if the incinerator were to be placed beneath the ovens of the stove, then it should be of a height to support said ovens without the use of legs as shown in the drawings and that in such instance the legs would have to be applied to-the table top.

The stove body is built with a spacer plate 18, which extends from the broiler oven to the incinerator casing at. both front and rear. Around these plates is mounted the base frame piece 19, which is a stout metal band that also embraces the ovens.

The incinerator body has a plurality of hooks 20 on its inner side and on these is set the band 19. The parts are so proportioned that hooking the incinerator to the frame in this manner will hold the parts firmly together without chance of separation. If desired, the incinerator top may be riveted to the depending flange 21 around the table top, although this is not necessary.

So far as I am aware, no one in the past has provided a gas range built into which is an incinerator, which is aunit of itself without interfering with the range in any way, while being placed with regard to it so that a complete centralizing of the incinerating operations with the stove is made, thus making the incinerator possible in a kitchen, by utilizing otherwise lost space, and placing it so that there is no danger fromits excessive heat. The interior of the range cannot Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patent-S,

be utilized for incineration without doors and without disfiguring the stove.

The gas supply pipe 22 is led to the memerator at 23 and to the ovens and the table portion with fire brick, it could not be placed in contact or close proximity with the stove body. Also if the incinerator were not lined throughout with fire brick, it might be dangerous to have it in a kitchen where inflammable objects would come into contact therewith, and finally, if the rear fiue arrangement is not the one shown, then to get eflicient incineration would, I believe, be impossible in an incinerator shaped to conform with a gas range. I

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is y 1. In a device of the character described, the combination with a gas range having a table top at one side, and an oven at the other, an incinerator of a size to support the table top, and located beneath aid table top, a filler portion extending from the oven to the side of the incinerator casing, a band passing around said filler portion, and hooks on the incinerator casing to receive said band, whereby the incinerator may be quickly and easily assembled with the stove.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with a gas range having a table top, and an oven situated at the side of and beneath the table top, an incinerator having a casing of a height to support the table top and of less width than said top, a band running around the ends of the oven and. extending to the incinerator casing, filler plates to close the space between said casing and the oven, and means on the easing to engage and hold said band.

3. The combination with a gas range, of an incinerator independent thereof and shaped so as to present the appearance of an integral part of the range, and having an independent flue connection at the rear thereof and of the range, said incinerator seated in the space beneath the elevated portion of the range, and said elevated portion of the range seated upon the incinerator as a support, with the top of the incinerator lined with fire insulating material.

HARRY J. HOOVER.

Washington, D. C. 

